Penn State Fires James Franklin Amid Historic Losses

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00:00So they're playing Northwest and they got a lead late and Northwestern comes all the way back with about four minutes to go in the game

00:06And they take the lead and beat Penn State 22 to 21

00:10It's the first time in college history that a team lost as 20-point favorites in back-to-back weeks ever

00:17Has never happened before

00:19So we all know that the writing's on the wall

00:22But then the question became with James Franklin, is Penn State going to walk away from James Franklin?

00:27They've done a lot of winning there under him

00:29But there's a 50 million dollar buyout if they fire him

00:33Now there's a variety of stories as to who's behind it

00:35I don't want to get too in the weeds on it

00:37But they fired his ass

00:39They're like, it's one thing to lose to Oregon in double overtime

00:42They're a top five team

00:43And we suck against top 10 teams

00:45So we kind of saw that one coming

00:47But then we lose and have no defense at all against UCLA

00:51That's a runnerless ship out there

00:53It was prior to the Penn State game

00:55And then you lose to another unranked team

00:57In Northwestern

01:00And Penn State was like, you know, Carton was right

01:02We are the most overrated, fraudulent, Division I football team in America

01:06And we've got to stop scheduling lightweight teams early in the season

01:11As a means to get to the playoff

01:14So they fired him on the spot

01:16He gets a 50 million dollar payout

01:18I would love to be fired

01:20And get a 50 million dollar payout

01:22It's an installment

01:23Yeah, like getting fired from a head coaching job in college football

01:27Seems to be the best place to be on earth

01:29That guy's going to make

01:3120,000 dollars a day

01:34For like the next six years

01:36In a 50 million dollar buyout

01:38He's also going to get another job

01:40Because he did do a lot of winning

01:42At Penn State

01:43But now everybody wants to know

01:45Who is Penn State going to go get?

01:47They got plenty of money

01:48They could get anybody

01:49John Gruden's name immediately comes up

01:50I'm going to give you two guys

01:52That are obvious guys

01:53To try to get out there

01:55To Unhappy Valley

01:57One would be Matt Ruhle

01:58I know Matt Ruhle did not get the job done

02:01At the pro level

02:01Like a lot of people thought he would

02:02But he's a damn good coach

02:04He's become the best defensive coordinator

02:07Maybe in all football right now

02:09And he has Dylan Rayola

02:11Has another year of eligibility

02:13No, two years

02:14Is it two more years?

02:15Two years after, yeah

02:15So because of NIL

02:16And because of the portal

02:17A coach can now come to a school

02:20And bring his favorite quarterback with him

02:22So don't sleep on that as a possibility

02:24One more quick note

02:25Also the current athletic director

02:26Hired him at Temple

02:27Got it, okay

02:28So there's a connection there

02:29Another connection there

02:30Okay, great

02:30And then of course

02:31There's Coach Cignetti at Indiana

02:33Who has a legitimate chance

02:34Of winning a national championship

02:36With the Indiana Hoosiers

02:37And I'm sure Indiana will do

02:39Everything in their power

02:40To keep Coach Cignetti

02:41My gut is financially

02:43They cannot compete with Penn State

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